"We're here as an advocate for each and every victim"

The Daily Crime

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True Crime

4.3 • 627 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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In Georgia, a cold case is finally solved nearly 34 years after a young woman was murdered. WXIA 11Alive Reporter Kaitlyn Ross tells us how investigators used forensic genealogy to identify both the killer and the victim. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up.
0:01.3	The genealogy DNA does not tell you exactly who it is.
0:04.5	It develops a profile, and then you have to go through and go through different relatives.
0:10.3	And it's almost like a tree, and you're working your way back towards the trunk.
0:14.4	For Vault Studios, I'm Will Johnson.
0:15.9	You're listening to The Daily Crime.
0:22.0	Last January, through the evidence and DNA testing, we identified the victim known as the
0:27.2	rising fawn Jane Doe as Stacey Chaharsky.
0:30.5	Last week, investigators announced they'd solved the case of a woman who went missing back in
0:35.0	1988.
0:36.2	Agents from FBI Atlanta, Detroit, and Baltimore field offices sought to identify Stacey's
0:42.0	killer. It did not take long.
0:43.9	The FBI, working with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, used forensic genealogy to identify
0:48.3	the victim and the suspect in the case.
0:51.0	At least we can get some answers for St Stacy's family and then go to bed,
0:54.9	knowing their daughter's killer, their loved one's killer, is not out there on the prowl anymore.
1:00.5	And they finally can't have some answers to questions that have been plaguing them for over 30 years,
1:05.8	and maybe they can rest a little easier having answers to those questions.
1:10.2	I think this kind of validates that we're never going to give up.
1:14.7	We're here as an advocate for each and every victim.
1:20.1	I'm joined now by WXIA 11 Live reporter Caitlin Ross.
1:23.5	Caitlin, thanks for being here with us.
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